Vehicle-spring.



R. HAUPT.

VEHICLE SPRING.

APPL|CATION FILED JULY 13. 1914.

1,156,996. Patent-ed 001-. 19, 1915.

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RUDOLPH HAUPT, 0F FRESNO, GALIFOR1\TIA.

VEHICLE-SPRING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH HAUPT, a

subject of the Empire of Germany, residingv at Fresno, in the county ofFresno and State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in .Vehicle- Springs; and I do declare thefollowing to be aclear, full, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in springs used in connectionwith all manner of vehicles and is adapted particularly for use withmotor vehicles which are adapted to travel at high speed under all kindsof road conditions, the object of the invention being to providea springwhich will sustaln the vehicle in a suflicient manner and at the sametime compensate for and overcome the jolts and jars of the road surfacesand act as a shock absorber, whereby such jolts and jars will not befelt by the occupants of the vehicle.

Av further object of the invention is to produce a simple andinexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effectivefor'the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects, I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of the parts as will fully appear by a perusal of thefollowing specification and claims. s

The figure of the drawings is a side elevation showing the applicationof my improved spring to the vehicle.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawings, the numeral 14 designates the frame of the vehicle andfastened thereto by means of a clamp 15 is a spring 16 with supportingleaves 16. The spring 16 is pivotally mounted on a pin 19 carried by abracket 20 fastened to a spring 22 and 22 by means of clamps 21. Thespring 22 and 22 is pivotally connected to the bracket 23 of the frameby means, of a link 23 with pins 23"" and 23. 7 r I Thespring 25 and 25"is fastened to the vehicle by means of the bracket 23 and pivotallyconnected by means of the pins 24 and 24 with the links 24* and at itsother extreme end, connected to the above spring 22 and 22 by means oflinks 26 and pins 27 and 28. To the spring 25 and 25 is fastened the VSpecification of Letters Patent.

axle 29 by means of a clamp 30. By means Patented Oct. 19, 1915..

Application filed July 13, 1914. Serial N 0. 850,662. L I

of. this structure, the weight of the vehicle is carried equally by thetwo springs and allshocksand jarsare greatly reduced in force by thetime they are transmitted to the vehicle through the medium of theadjacent spring 1616-.

From the foregoing description it will readily be seen that I haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and. preferredconstruction of the device, stillin practice, such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as y do not form a departure from the spiritof theinvention as defined by the appended ed with the other end of saidfirst named.

spring, the other end of'said second named spring, being flexiblyconnected with said vehicle independentlygof said first named spring,and a short auxiliaryspring pivotally connected to said second namedspring at one end and clamped to said vehicle at its other end, asdescribed.

2. A device of the character described comprising the combination with avehicle. of a spring clamped to the axle of the ve-- hicle, one end ofsaid spring being flexibly connected with the frame of said vehicle,another spring flexibly connected withthe other end of said first namedspring at one end and with the frame ofsa id vehicle at the other end, aclamp adjustably secured to said second named spring, and a third springhaving one end clamped to the frame of said vehicle and the other endpivotally mounted on said clamp, as described.

In testimonv whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RUDOLPH HAUPT.

Witnesses: I

W. O. WATTERS, R. F. GEORGE.

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